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WILLIAM LEE BEADNELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 2, 1950 – December 28, 1969
Service recordWilliam Lee Beadnell, of Norfolk, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 101
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Helicopter Mechanic, Ch-46 (6112)
- Born
- March 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Norfolk, Virginia (Norfolk (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 101
- ROBERT ALEXANDER ABRUZESEPrivate First Class · December 28, 1969
- JAMES MURIEL ALDERMANPrivate First Class · December 28, 1969
- DONALD JOSEPH BERGERCaptain · December 28, 1969
- WILLIAM LLOYD BUNCHSergeant · December 28, 1969
From Norfolk
- OSCAR BRANCH WESTON JRCaptain · March 23, 1961
- HUMBERT ROQUE VERSACECaptain · October 29, 1963
- WILLIAM LEROY SIEGRISTMaster Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- EDWARD RAY DODGESergeant Major · December 31, 1964
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- EDWARD J WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- MONTE D BROOKSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHNNY PAUL PRICEPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE HOSKINS JRStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- EVERETT ALVIN MCPHERSONMajor · March 18, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.